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Proceedings of the Plenary Sessions. The 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, 2022
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The present volume collects most of the contributions to the plenary sessions held at the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, and incisively reflects the ever increasing broadening of the very concept of ‘Byzantine Studies’. Indeed, a particularly salient characteristic of the papers presented here is their strong focus on interdisciplinarity and their breadth of scope, both in terms of methodology and content. The cross-pollination between different fields of Byzantine Studies is also a major point of the volume. Archaeology and art history have pride of place; it is especially in archaeological papers that one can grasp the vital importance of the interaction with the so-called hard sciences and with new technologies for contemporary research. This relevance of science and technology for archaeology, however, also applies to, and have significant repercussions in, historical studies, where – for example – the study of climate change or the application of specific software to network studies are producing a major renewal of knowledge. In more traditional subject fields, like literary, political, and intellectual history, the contributions to the present volume offer some important reflections on the connection between Byzantium and other cultures and peoples through the intermediary of texts, stories, diplomacy, trade, and war.
The catalogue of the exhibition, taking place at the Marciana Library of Venice as an external ev... more The catalogue of the exhibition, taking place at the Marciana Library of Venice as an external event of the XXIV international congress of Byzantine Studies, contains a new description of 34 manuscripts and maps stored in the Marciana Library. 61 tables and an introduction enrich the book.
Italian translation of Dionysius the Areopagite's Heavenly Hierarchy, p. 949-998.
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in Apocrypha 31, p. 129-153., 2020
La recensione araba antica dell'Apocalisse di Paolo secondo il codice Sinaitico Arabo 461 (IX sec.
in M. EDWARDS, D. PALLIS (edd.) The Oxford Handbook of Dionysius the Areopagite, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 155-171, 2022
This essay presents the first Syriac translation of the Dionysian corpus, which was made in the e... more This essay presents the first Syriac translation of the Dionysian corpus, which was made in the early sixth century by Sergius, the priest and physician-in-chief of the city of Resh'ayna. This translation is crucial in many respects: the only manuscript that trans mits it (Sinai Saint Catherine Syr. 52) is the earliest witness to the Areopagitic writings overall, and the translation itself attests to a textual stage of the corpus that antedates John of Scythopolis' scholia. After an outline of Sergius' life and ecclesiastical and intel lectual context, the chapter describes the manuscript tradition of the translation. The next section is devoted to a presentation of Sergius' linguistic and stylistic idiosyncrasies: his version is an ideal example of the Syriac translation style of the sixth century, which is both reader-oriented and faithful to the original. Particular attention is also devoted to the question of whether Sergius' version reveals an original 'Origenist' character of the Dionysian writings, which would have allegedly been censored by John of Scythopolis. An accurate investigation of Sergius' vocabulary and wording choices rather seems to stress that Dionysius' works had been anti-Origenist from the outset.
in E. FIORI, B. EBEID (edd.) Florilegia Syiriaca. Mapping a Knowledge-Organizing Practice in the Syriac World, con B. Ebeid, Leiden: Brill, p. 186–227, 2023
Patristic florilegia are paradoxical texts. On the one hand, they are very eloquent, as they ofte... more Patristic florilegia are paradoxical texts. On the one hand, they are very eloquent, as they often deal at length with clearly defined topics: on the other hand, however, they are obstinately mute, as they speak through the voices of others and seem to lack their own. Thus, although they do say much, and what they say is quite clear, what they intend to communicate through the voices of the 'old masters' tends to escape our investigation. Their intention is of course closely related to their historical context, which, however, is difficult to determine, since the purely theological content of these florilegia remains far from factual history. They are mosaics, but in a way, they are quite the opposite of proper mosaics, as we cannot enjoy their overall subject and intention with one comprehensive glance; in order to appreciate the sense and underlying strategy of their composition, we must rather auscultate the fine junctions between the individual tesserae. This is also true in the case of a large florilegium of Christological content that occupies a prominent position in six manuscripts of the eighth-tenth centuries preserved at the British Library and in the Mingana Collection. In this chapter, I shall present a few fieldnotes from an on-going exploration on this florilegium. The florilegium discusses highly technical topics such as: 1) the persistence of a difference between the natures from which Christ derives; 2) the exclusion of any duality from Christ; 3) the apology of the alleged novelty of the Miaphysite doctrine through a collection of patristic authorities, from Dionysius the Areopagite to the Cappadocians; and 4) an overview of the definition and the debates held at Chalcedon. A first exploration of the patristic materials of this florilegium, their relationship with the above-mentioned topics, and their complex itineraries through the centuries has led to some provisional results concerning the context in which they were originally collected and the circumstances that may have prompted the production of the florilegium as we have it now. The topics discussed in our florilegium were the core of a rather obscure Christological debate of the end of the sixth century, which, however, was crucial for the theological self-consciousness of later Syriac Mia-
in Ş. Dadaş, C. Vogel (edd.), Dynamiken der Negation. (Nicht)Wissen und negative Transfer in vormodernen Kulturen, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, p. 93-121, 2021
Dies ist ein Open-Access-Titel, der unter den Bedingungen der CC BY-NC-ND 4.0-Lizenz veröffentlic... more Dies ist ein Open-Access-Titel, der unter den Bedingungen der CC BY-NC-ND 4.0-Lizenz veröffentlicht wird. Diese erlaubt die nicht-kommerzielle Nutzung, Verbreitung und Vervielfältigung in allen Medien, sofern keine Veränderungen vorgenommen werden und der/die ursprüngliche(n) Autor(en) und die Originalpublikation angegeben werden. Weitere Informationen: Die Bedingungen der CC-Lizenz gelten nur für das Originalmaterial. Die Verwendung von Material aus anderen Quellen (gekennzeichnet durch eine Quellenangabe) wie Schaubilder, Abbildungen, Fotos und Textauszüge erfordert ggf. weitere Nutzungsgenehmigungen durch den jeweiligen Rechteinhaber.
in: K. SANCHEZ-SUMMERER, M. LEVANT (edd.)In partibus infidelium, Rome: Éditions de l’École Française de Rome, p. 167-190, 2022
Ouvrage publié avec le soutien du Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes et de l'Institu... more Ouvrage publié avec le soutien du Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes et de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale Les coordinateurs remercient également le programme Crossroads (NWO-Dutch Research Council), le Dissgea (Università di Padova), l'École française de Rome, la Fscire (Bologne), l'Ifea (Istanbul), l'Ifpo (Beyrouth) et l'Iremam (Aix-en-Provence). « In partibus fidelium ». Missions du Levant et connaissance de l'Orient chrétien (XIXe-XXIe siècles) = Missions to the Levant and knowledge of the Christian East (19th-21st centuries) /
in S. BRENTJES, J. HOYRUP ET AL. (edd), Context and Transmission: Translating in Late Antiquity, Turnhout: Brepols, p. 177-197., 2022
We also give thanks to Dagmar Schäfer and Michael Friedrich (CMCS, University Hamburg) for expand... more We also give thanks to Dagmar Schäfer and Michael Friedrich (CMCS, University Hamburg) for expanding our possibilities for cooperation to colleagues working on translation in East Asian cultures. Scholarly meetings, the writing of papers, and book production are not accomplished by scholars alone. Hence, we thank all the members of the publication groups of Departments I and III at the MPIWG for their valuable help in copy-editing and formatting our texts as well as the administrative and the student support staff of both departments, who helped organize our workshops and conference in all practical respects.
in M. PERKAMS, A.M. SCHILLING (ed.), Griechische Wissenschaft und Philosophie bei den Ostsyrern, De Gruyter: Berlin, 77-98, 2020
C. Tonghini (ed.), From Edessa to Urfa: The Fortification of the Citadel, Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 28-36, 2021
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Thesis by Emiliano Fiori
Books by Emiliano Fiori
The present volume collects most of the contributions to the plenary sessions held at the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, and incisively reflects the ever increasing broadening of the very concept of ‘Byzantine Studies’. Indeed, a particularly salient characteristic of the papers presented here is their strong focus on interdisciplinarity and their breadth of scope, both in terms of methodology and content. The cross-pollination between different fields of Byzantine Studies is also a major point of the volume. Archaeology and art history have pride of place; it is especially in archaeological papers that one can grasp the vital importance of the interaction with the so-called hard sciences and with new technologies for contemporary research. This relevance of science and technology for archaeology, however, also applies to, and have significant repercussions in, historical studies, where – for example – the study of climate change or the application of specific software to network studies are producing a major renewal of knowledge. In more traditional subject fields, like literary, political, and intellectual history, the contributions to the present volume offer some important reflections on the connection between Byzantium and other cultures and peoples through the intermediary of texts, stories, diplomacy, trade, and war.
In Progress by Emiliano Fiori
Papers by Emiliano Fiori
The present volume collects most of the contributions to the plenary sessions held at the 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, and incisively reflects the ever increasing broadening of the very concept of ‘Byzantine Studies’. Indeed, a particularly salient characteristic of the papers presented here is their strong focus on interdisciplinarity and their breadth of scope, both in terms of methodology and content. The cross-pollination between different fields of Byzantine Studies is also a major point of the volume. Archaeology and art history have pride of place; it is especially in archaeological papers that one can grasp the vital importance of the interaction with the so-called hard sciences and with new technologies for contemporary research. This relevance of science and technology for archaeology, however, also applies to, and have significant repercussions in, historical studies, where – for example – the study of climate change or the application of specific software to network studies are producing a major renewal of knowledge. In more traditional subject fields, like literary, political, and intellectual history, the contributions to the present volume offer some important reflections on the connection between Byzantium and other cultures and peoples through the intermediary of texts, stories, diplomacy, trade, and war.
Interverranno Paolo Bettiolo (Università di Padova), Emiliano Fiori (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia) e Marco Zambon (Università di Padova). Parteciperanno Vittorio Berti (Università di Padova), Giovanni Catapano (Università di Padova) e Cecilia Martini (Università di Padova).
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